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Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:06 pm
by MikeJ19
This looks like a challenging scenario for me. Here are the orders

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:07 pm
by MikeJ19
My thoughts

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:08 pm
by MikeJ19
My first bunch of tries did not go well. Here is a look at the fourth

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:09 pm
by MikeJ19
So far things are going well

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:10 pm
by MikeJ19
Setting up for phase 2

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:11 pm
by MikeJ19
Phase 2 complete

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:12 pm
by MikeJ19
Third phase complete

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 10:14 pm
by MikeJ19
Well that ended alright. The fourth time was the charm.

The biggest issue I had was determining how long it would take for my aircraft to turnaround. I had to change the start time of some of my missions because planes were not ready.

Overall, this was a fun challenge.

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 8:15 am
by Gunner98
Thanks for the AAR Mike.

To speak to your comment in post #4 about how close then need to get to positively ID the target. Remember that this is at night (assuming as the clip has 05:13 Local) with 1960's era (earlier for the Lightnings) radars. The weather may also be a factor, if there is cloud cover or precipitation, another factor is pilot skill.

In these situations you probably need to make the call. I saw you marked some contacts as unfriendly, you may want to go a step further and mark them hostile. The risk of course is that you shoot down a civilian which is rarely good, but based on point of origin, speed, behaviour and degree of risk - you can make that call. Puts you back in the operational level chair that the game is designed for. Its all about choices.

Thanks again.

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RE: Uncle Mark's Tutorial #2

Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 9:05 am
by MikeJ19
Bart,

Very good point, it is something I never thought about - that it was still dark out. In most of the other tutorials the sensors were identifying things for you. I'm going to have to consider more things - like visibility.

Have a good day